Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy accurately reflects the challenges associated with the programme. The IMF report criticized the government’s implementation of the policy, highlighting its poor targeting and suggesting areas for improvement. Speaking in an […] The post IMF
Afrika Nyornu, a Non-Governmental Organisation has introduced a project dubbed ‘Sew a Pad & Stay in School’ (SaPSiS) that teaches adolescents how to sew reusable sanitary pads with their hands using local fabrics, threads and needles. The aim is to equip them with the necessary skills needed to be able to sew reusable sanitary pads […] The post Afrika
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced another nationwide revenue mobilization exercise from Monday 29th June to Friday 2nd July 2023. The weeklong exercise by the country’s major power distributor will focus on recovering debts from all categories of customers, including State-Owned Enterprises. The company has explained in a press release that the exercise […] The post ECG
Former President John Dramani Mahama has provided details of his decision to restore the licenses of some indigenous banks that were collapsed in 2019 if elected in the 2024 general elections. Mr. Mahama announced these plans during his acceptance speech as the NDC flagbearer in Tamale last week. Speaking at the CEOs Summit in Accra […] The post Govt unjustifiably
Staff of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) have threatened to embark on a series of industrial actions if the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission does not reinstate their allowances. Samuel Nat Kevor, the Divisional Union Chairman of GBC, on Tuesday, May 23, urged the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to reverse its decision to withdraw […] The post Irate
The St. Anne’s Hospital in Damongo in the Savannah region has had its power restored after an intervention from Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, the Member of Parliament for the area. The hospital had its power cut by the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) due to a debt of 4 million Ghana cedis. Following a report by […] The post Power restored
Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Ernest Addison says commercial banks in the country have been given September of this year to show proof of their re-capitalization plan. Banks are expected to raise some GH¢400 million to remain in business despite the negative effect of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme on their operations. Answering questions […] The post BoG
An executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Nurudeen Hamidan, has warned all party agents in the ongoing by-election in the Kumawu constituency not to sign pink sheets until voting ends. Mr. Hamidan gave the warning to party agents after the NDC claimed that it had detected some pink sheets being used for the elections […] The post Kumawu by-election:
The Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Major General Richard Addo Gyane, says the incidences of recorded maritime attacks in the Gulf of Guinea which made it the most dangerous waters in the world has drastically dropped from 21 cases in the first quarter of 2020 to just two cases in […] The post Gulf of Guinea’s
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has rubbished reports that it sacked staff serving as enumerators due to some financial challenges it’s faced with. There were reports in the media that contract staff hired as enumerators were sacked abruptly. But COCOBOD in a statement clarified that the “contract staff hired as enumerators were issued six-month contracts, […] The post COCOBOD
Managing Director of Ghana’s leading total beverage business, Guinness Ghana, Helene Weesie, is the CEO of the Year for the Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing Sector in Ghana. The award ceremony was at the 7th Ghana CEO Summit which took place at the Kempinski Hotel on Monday. Being the first female Managing Director of the 63-year-old Ghanaian […] The post Guinness
A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March 2022 as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive the award from Secretary-General António Guterres […] The post 32yr-old
The General Manager of Citi FM and Citi TV, Bernard Avle, is convinced that the regularity with which Ghana and other countries in the global South seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicates deeper issues beyond mere IMF-dictated fiscal discipline. According to him, “There are ideological, cultural, philosophical, and historical factors at play […] The post Mere
Management of the Ghana Broadcasting Cooperation (GBC) has rubbished allegations that some staff of the organization are being paid illegally by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department. The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission alleged that some undeserving staff were being paid some allowances which were unacceptable. CEO of the Commission, Benjamin Arthur said such individuals […] The post GBC
The National Peace Council in the Ashanti Region has called on the two major parties New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress to refrain from activities that may cause mayhem in today’s by-election at Kumawu in the Ashanti region. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Peace Council Rt. Rev. Nuh Ben Abubekr advised the […] The post Kumawu
The corporate communications manager for the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), Maxwell Kotoka has justified the company’s decision to cut power to the St. Anne’s Hospital in Damongo over a GH¢4.8 million debt. Mr. Kotoka in an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, disclosed that the Hospital disregarded the notice given to facilities under […] The post St
Voters in the Kumawu constituency are taking part in a by-election today, May 23, 2023, to find a replacement for their Member of Parliament, Philip Basoah, who passed on in March. Voting officially started at 7 am on Tuesday at various polling stations in the constituency. The two main political parties, the governing New Patriotic […] The post Voting underway in Kumawu by-election
Voters in the Kumawu constituency will be taking part in a by-election today, May 23, 2023, to find a replacement for their Member of Parliament, Philip Basoah, who passed on in March. The two main political parties, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have all put in various […] The post Kumawu by-election comes off today appeared
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has slammed Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for some claims he made about industrialization while on a campaign trail in Kumawu over the weekend. Dr. Bawumia during a campaign at the Kumawu constituency in the Ashanti Region claimed that “NDC built only two factories but the NPP has built over […] The post Disregard Bawumia’s
Over the past 65 years, Ghana has faced periods of large fiscal and external imbalances that have led to high inflation, declining reserves, depreciation of the Cedi, and high-interest rates. During such episodes, the country has had to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a financial bailout. Ghana’s latest approach to the IMF […] The post Bernard
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